Isn't it a matter of quid pro quo...He, who's evil begets evil, shall have it visited upon him.
12th SS, Abbee d'Ardennes, d'Ouradour, ...sufficient justification for visiting the same evil upon the perpetrators.
It was the Poor Bloody Infantry who were 'midst all this shit. Their purpose was to ..."close with, contain, then kill the enemy".
Left wing wienie restrospective thoughts are not countenanced by the likes of me.